– Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is “Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak out”. Dr. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA). His website is www.ramzybaroud.net
By Ramzy Baroud The road for Palestine liberation can only go through Palestine itself and, more specifically, the clarity of purpose of the Palestinian people. A new kind of unity around Palestine is finally […]
By Ramzy Baroud The history of all national liberation struggles, Palestine included, demonstrates that the price for freedom is always high. The ongoing war and genocide in Gaza is unprecedented. Nothing that Israel and […]
By Ramzy Baroud “Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well,” Frantz Fanon wrote in ‘The Wretched of the Earth’. […]
By Ramzy Baroud A major problem in American thinking in the Middle East is the utter rejection of the notion that Palestinian rights are fundamental, if at all relevant, to the coveted peace and […]
By Ramzy Baroud Since this crowd is motivated by extremist religious ideologies, they are unable to abide by any form of rational thinking, even that emanating from well-regarded Zionist figures inside Israel itself. The […]
By Ramzy Baroud The problem is multilayered, complicated by the fact that UN officials and employees do not have the power to alter the very skewed structure of the world’s largest political institution. Francesca […]
By Ramzy Baroud Millions of Americans took notice and acted upon their sense of collective rage to punish the Democrats for what they had done to the Palestinian people. Arab and Muslim American voters […]
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s banning of UNRWA should represent an opportunity for those concerned about the standing of the United Nations, to remind Israel that UN members who have no respect for international law […]
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s success and failure will ultimately be determined by this maxim: as long as the Palestinian people are fighting back, Weiss and her fellow extremists will not find safety in Gaza. […]
By Ramzy Baroud If the oppressed, the natives of the land, are not fully vanquished or decimated, they are likely to rise, fight and win back their freedom. Oddly, it was Israeli historian Benny […]
By Ramzy Baroud There is a difference between a country fighting a defensive war on multiple fronts and another fighting for colonial expansion, for regional hegemony and for military dominance driven by religious prophecies. […]
By Ramzy Baroud For us, Soma was a larger-than-life figure. This is precisely why her sudden absence has shocked us to the point of disbelief. “Your lives will continue. With new events and new […]
By Ramzy Baroud The sumud of the Palestinians in Gaza, who have endured a year of mass killing, deliberate starvation and total destruction of all aspects of life, is helping reassert the political significance […]
By Ramzy Baroud The last year of a relentless Israeli war on Gaza, and bloody raids and violence in the West Bank have been largely viewed in terms of their horrific humanitarian outcomes: the […]
By Ramzy Baroud Perpetuating Israeli lies is dangerous, not only because truth-telling is a virtue but also because words kill, and dishonest reporting can, in fact, succeed in justifying genocide. The official Israeli army […]
By Ramzy Baroud It is incumbent on African governments to take a strong stance so that Israel ceases its practice of using Africans to kill and die in Gaza. If one is to visit […]
By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s new plans will not succeed simply because Israel continues to face the same obstacle: the steadfastness of the Palestinian people. Never in its history of war, and military occupation has […]
By Ramzy Baroud For him, Palestinians are nomadic beings who, by mere historical incident, ventured into his biblical land, in which they have no claim or right. When asked why his latest map has […]
By Ramzy Baroud Ben-Gvir’s rush to achieve the religious Zionist agenda contradicts the traditional form of Israeli colonialism, predicated on the ‘incremental genocide’ of Palestinians. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed, on August […]
By Ramzy Baroud Though for Palestinians, such facts remain devoid of practical meaning, for Israel, the UN position is a major obstacle in the face of its blatant settler colonial project. Departing Israeli Ambassador […]
By Ramzy Baroud By trying to break the will of the Palestinians through torture, humiliation and rape, Israel wants to restore a different kind of deterrence, which it lost on October 7. On October […]
By Ramzy Baroud Even if the Israeli right has lost all faith in Netanyahu, without him as a unifying figure, all is lost, not only the chances of the far-right camp to redeem itself, […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Netanyahu mattered, his speeches often led to wars, or major regional instability. But Netanyahu no longer matters, except for a few US politicians vying for re-election. Great orators in history […]
By Ramzy Baroud Considering the criminal extent to which Israel is willing to go, such desperation could eventually lead to the regional war that Israel has been trying to instigate, even before the Gaza […]
By Ramzy Baroud To further expose western duplicity in Gaza, we must learn to speak with no reservations, no matter the restrictions on the pro-Palestine voice or the censorship on social media. Why are […]
By Ramzy Baroud I find it important to reflect on Gramsci’s understanding of the process of change in society due to the ongoing chaos underway in various western countries. Antonio Gramsci was not a […]
By Ramzy Baroud The Israeli attacks on the UN, all its institutions, but particularly the UN agency responsible for the welfare of Gaza’s refugees (UNRWA), serve a different purpose than that of mere ‘collective […]
By Ramzy Baroud The Israeli war of ‘extermination’ in Gaza, per the words of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan, has made the cause of Palestinian freedom a global one. Much has been written […]
By Ramzy Baroud Trump’s politics is abashedly Machiavellian. During his only term in office between 2017 and 2021, he served the role of the American genie, granting Israel’s every wish. Many political analysts believe […]
By Ramzy Baroud The current generation of Gazans is empowered and fearless. Its ongoing resistance is only a reflection of a popular reawakening throughout Palestine. Israel never learns from its mistakes. What Israeli Prime […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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